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The Deaf Seniors of America will have their Conference and activities prior to the Conference in Baltimore from August 21st through August 27th this year. If you pay for combo tickets before July 31st, you can save money.

A totally deaf dog who is almost completely blind had been going to a dog park in Santa Maria. The park ranger at Waller Park said he was too big. His owner, Marty Niles, said he can’t be around large, aggressive dogs.

The Blind Children’s Learning Center is in Santa Ana in Orange County. They provide services to blind and deaf-blind children. Their walk on Saturday, May 11, 2013 is a fund-raiser for that learning center.

California State University, Northridge will hold its 6th Summer Institute from June 17-21 and June 24-28, 2013. It will be sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness (NCOD). Early bird rates are offered between now and May 17, 2013, and they are offering 40 hours of courses for $400.00. They will have classes such as […]

Deaf Spring Break is coming to Hotel Hunting Beach at Huntington Beach on Thursday, March 28, 2013. The California School for the Deaf in Riverside (CSDR) is having their Happy Days Reunion Car Show on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Entrance fees are $10.00 a person. They will have a pancake breakfast, vendors, music, and games. […]

The National Deaf-Blind Equipment Program (NDBEDP) provides Deaf-Blind people with communication technology. The I Can Connect website has information on how the program works. It also has a list of providers in different states. The program promoted by I Can Connect provides training and telecommunication assistance for Deaf-Blind people who meet federal eligibility guidelines.

A building on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh will be converted into an apartment building for low-income people with hearing loss and vision impairments. The Famous Biscuit Co. building is being converted into apartments with government help. The federal and state governments are providing low-income housing tax credits, and a low-interest loan for $925,000 came from the […]

The University of Arts Berlin developed a prototype Lorm glove to increase communication access for Deaf-blind people. A mobile Lorm glove allows Deaf-blind people to transmit text messages and to receive them. A speaker wearing a Mobile Lorm Glove can stroke the letters into the glove, and the letters are transmitted into text on the […]

Bob Katz told a crowd about his sister’s experience of being isolated at a rehab facility at a rally to support the Valley View residence for the deaf and deaf-blind elderly in Middletown Township. When the staff and residents can communicate in the same language, Katz said, it makes all the difference. The group gathered […]

The Office of Deaf Access has free information available for the general public. They have sign language communication brochures along with the Directory of Resources. This directory has information for Deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind and late deafened. That information may also be valuable for parents, advocates, and service providers. Information is provided for programs and […]

The normal penile functionality of any man is to develop an erection when they become sexually aroused. Such arousal can come from touch, sight, imagination, or a combination of the three. A penile erection is necessary if the man plans to have sexual intercourse. If an erection is not achieved during the sexual intercourse activity, he will not be able to penetrate the female’s vaginal opening as the vaginal wall will most likely be constricted. Being able to produce an erection is quite normal for any man. In fact, there are times that they even produce an erection involuntarily – at very awkward situations. Read more…

Edema is a medical condition wherein the body suffers from certain fluid buildup. This buildup occurs due to a variety of medical conditions. Normally, this occurs when there is too much water being dumped that the lymphatic system, the one responsible for the draining of excess water, becomes unable to cope up with the volume of water that needs to be drained. Another reason is that the lymphatic system or part of it is no longer functioning properly. When any of these two happens, edema or fluid buildup occurs. To stop such buildup, you need to buy Lasix as treatment. Read more…

I’m at the BlogHer conference in downtown Chicago mingling with 800 other women (promise I’ll link to some great food and yoga blogs once I process all the info that’s pouring into my brain).

The first day, I decided to get some exercise by walking from the train station to the conference center. I was wearing sandals and carrying a heavy laptop bag. I got lost. One hour and five blisters later, I finally arrived. I was smart enough to take a cab back to the train station that night, but once I made it to the suburbs (where I’m staying with a friend) I had to walk another mile to their house. My friend’s husband, Brad, was with me, and he watched as I limped and cringed.

“Ow, ow, ow,” I said as my sandals rubbed against my blisters.

I slipped off my shoes.

“Ow, ow, ow,” I said again as the sharp little pebbles on the roads and sidewalks cut my feet.

“You’re a yoga blogger!” Brad said.

“What does that have to do with anything?” I asked.

“Some yogis walk over hot coals and stuff,” he pointed out.

Now that he mentioned it, I did recall reading a passage in a book about firewalking at a yoga retreat. Although none of the yoga classes I’ve attended have involved hot coals, we do practice in bare feet. Still, smooth wood floors and soft sticky mats may help strengthen my soul, but they don’t sturdy up the skin on my soles.

Walking home that night, I stepped off the sidewalk and onto the grass. It was long and cool and damp. It cushioned my bare feet and brushed in between my toes. I completely forgot about my blisters as I focused on how nice it felt to observe the world through from the bottom up. It had been a long time since I’ve walked barefoot in the grass.

To some, barefoot hiking is a hobby. Richard Frazine wrote a book about it called The Barefoot Hiker, and Common Ground, a sustainable living magazine, wrote an article about it here.

How often do we take time to feel the crunch of leaves or the slick slime of moss or the powder puffs of dirt through our feet and toes? Not to mention walking barefoot is gentle on the planet. I think I will start taking off my shoes more often, especially outside.

As quoted on this website, Sitting Bull said: “Healthy feet can hear the very heart of Mother Earth.”

A lot of ED pills have been taking over the ED market these days, and despite being classified as the same PDE5 inhibitor drugs, each pill do have some distinct capabilities and effects. Take avanafil, the latest drug ever released today. Despite being new, it has become a tough competitor among pioneering drugs because of its wonderful benefits and effects that has been testified by users. Since it is still new, not all countries were given avanafil approval to sell the drug. So aside from possibly the higher cost, avanafil may be harder to find in some countries. Good thing there are online pharmacies that can help you solve your dilemma with the less hassle.

Once avanafil approval has been given, this ED drug by Vivus Inc. has been released in the business. Notwithstanding the way that avanafil approval has been given by the FDA, it didn’t click and likewise it ought to the same number of ED prescription customers and what’s more specialists were genuinely pessimist about the new solution, how fruitful it is, that it is so protected to use, how without question was it to pass on its surety, and if there really was a necessity for another ED treatment drug in the business. Read more…